2011 Rally Argentina

2011 Rally Argentina
*31º Rally Argentina*
2011 Rally Argentina; 31º Rally Argentina
Round 6 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Dates run	May 26 – 29 2011
Stages	19 (378.15 km; 234.97 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel with some tarmac
Overall distance	1,457.08 km (905.39 miles)
Statistics
Crews	33 at start, 27 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën World Rally Team

The 2011 Rally Argentina was the sixth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 26–29 May, and was based in Villa Carlos Paz, in the province of Córdoba. The rally was also the third round of the Production World Rally Championship. Argentina returned to the WRC calendar for the first time since 2009, after the event was a part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010.

Sébastien Loeb took his third win of the season and the 65th WRC win of his career after a come-from-behind victory over the final two days.^[2] Having run first on the road on the first day, Loeb trailed Jari-Matti Latvala by 90 seconds after day one, but six stage victories over the final two days helped to recover some of the lost time and ultimately took the rally victory on the final stage. Mikko Hirvonen was second, 2.4 seconds in arrears, with Sébastien Ogier a further 4.9 seconds back in third. Ogier had led the event into the final stage, but was driving a damaged car after a roll on an earlier stage. In the PWRC, Hayden Paddon took class victory and two points for an overall ninth place.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:03:56.9	0.0	26
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:03:59.3	2.4	20
3.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:04:04.2	7.3	15
4.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:04:29.5	32.6	15
5.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:09:13.7	5:16.8	10
6.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:10:45.4	6:48.5	8
7.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:15:31.4	11:34.5	6
8.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:17:29.6	13:32.7	4
9.	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:29:40.7	25:43.8	2
10.	Patrik Flodin	Maria Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:37:31.1	33:34.1	1
PWRC
1. (9.)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:29:40.7	0.0	25
2. (10.)	Patrik Flodin	Maria Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:37:31.1	7:50.4	18
3. (11.)	Dmitry Tagirov	Anna Zavershinskaya	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:43:07.6	13:26.9	15
4. (12.)	Nicolás Fuchs	Rubén Francisco García	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:47:53.1	18:12.4	12
5. (14.)	Martin Semerád	Michal Ernst	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:51:56.5	22:15.8	10
6. (15.)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:52:57.1	23:16.4	8
7. (16.)	Ezequiel Campos	Cristian Winkler	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:54:17.5	24:36.8	6
8. (17.)	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:56:52.7	27:12.0	4
9. (19.)	Yuriy Protasov	Adrian Aftanaziv	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:57:25.5	27:44.8	2
10. (20.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:58:04.7	28:24.0	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (26–27 May)	SS1	15:05	Super Especial Carlos Paz 1	3.02 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:25.9	74.52 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	9:36	El Mirador 1	18.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:27.0	104.67 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS3	10:08	Mina Clavero 1	22.67 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	19:42.5	69.02 km/h
	SS4	11:01	El Condor 1	37.32 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	23:18.9	96.04 km/h
	SS5	15:17	El Mirador 2	18.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:19.0	106.03 km/h
	SS6	15:49	Mina Clavero 2	22.67 km	Petter Solberg	19:21.7	70.25 km/h
	SS7	16:42	El Condor 2	37.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	23:19.4	96.01 km/h
Leg 2 (28 May)	SS8	8:13	Las Jarillas 1	21.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	12:21.3	104.75 km/h
	SS9	9:46	Las Bajadas 1	16.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:04.1	109.63 km/h
	SS10	10:32	Amboy 1	20.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:38.0	114.71 km/h
	SS11	11:13	Santa Rosa 1	21.36 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:06.2	97.81 km/h
	SS12	14:08	Las Jarillas 2	21.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	12:21.6	104.71 km/h
	SS13	15:41	Las Bajadas 2	16.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	9:00.7	110.32 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS14	16:27	Amboy 2	20.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:32.7	115.68 km/h
	SS15	17:08	Santa Rosa 2	21.36 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:59.3	98.67 km/h
Leg 3 (29 May)	SS16	8:09	Ascochinga	48.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	35:53.7	80.59 km/h
	SS17	10:27	Cabalango 1	3.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	2:22.2	98.73 km/h
	SS18	11:38	Super Especial Carlos Paz 2	3.02 km	Petter Solberg	2:25.5	74.72 km/h
	SS19	12:10	Cabalango 2 (Power stage)	3.90 km	Petter Solberg	2:20.1	100.21 km/h	Sébastien Loeb

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 3.90 km (2.42 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Cabalango.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Petter Solberg	2:20.1	0.0	100.21 km/h	3
2	Mikko Hirvonen	2:20.6	+0.5	99.86 km/h	2
3	Sébastien Loeb	2:20.6	+0.5	99.86 km/h	1

References

^ ^a ^b "Itinerary" (PDF). Rally Argentina. Automovil Club Argentino. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
^ "Loeb wins in Argentina". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

External links

Results^{[permanent dead link‍]} at eWRC.com

[Itin-1] "Itinerary" (PDF). Rally Argentina. Automovil Club Argentino. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

[2] "Loeb wins in Argentina". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

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